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9 Cards in this Set
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Transcontinental Railroad
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Rail line that spans the continent
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Leland Stanford
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Leland and his partners won the right to build a line eastward from Sacramento. Their railroad was the Central Pacific.
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Chinese and Irish Workers
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Worked on railroads
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Battle of Little Big Horn
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Under orders to force the Native Americans onto a reservation, Colonel George Armstrong Custer attacked a large band of Sioux and Cheyennes.
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Sodbuster
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Plains farmers, used machines called drills to plant crops. The drills buried seeds deep in the ground where there was moisture.
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Cattle Kingdom
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The region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails and cowtowns.
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Longhorn Steer
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breed of cattle known for its long horns that can extend to 7 feet.
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Vaquero
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Spanish cowhands, Spanish word for cowboy.
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Cattle trails
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when cowhands move cattle from one place to another
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